diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 0b1bd719f..baca9f57b 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ case "$1" in
     egrep -i "^docker" /etc/group || groupadd docker
     usermod -aG docker dokku
 
+    echo "Setting up storage directories"
+    mkdir -p ${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data ${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/storage
+    chown dokku:dokku -R ${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data
+
     echo "Setting up plugin directories"
     # should be replaced by `plugn init`
     mkdir -p ${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/core-plugins/available ${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/plugins/available